{"id":3869,"date":"2013-07-14T09:00:49","date_gmt":"2013-07-14T16:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bigmal.net\/?p=3869"},"modified":"2013-07-13T19:19:43","modified_gmt":"2013-07-14T02:19:43","slug":"breakfast-chronicles-circa-neighborhood-grill-alehouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bigmal.net\/?p=3869","title":{"rendered":"Breakfast Chronicles: Circa Neighborhood Grill & Alehouse"},"content":{"rendered":"

It has been a while since I last got out and enjoyed a good breakfast and my friends Shawna & Dan decided to make sure that I experienced the best Banana pancakes in Seattle. So this saturday morning it was off to West Seattle, not only for my first time at Circa<\/a>, but also my first time heading over the West Seattle bridge and into West Seattle itself, so this post kind of shows both. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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So Circa is a little place, unassuming from the outside in the middle of just a residential neighbourhood. Funnily enough it is just walking distance from Shawna’s apartment so that’s where Dan & I parked and walked up to meet her there. It wasn’t as busy as it could have been but it was earlyish for a Saturday morning. I didn’t have to even look at the menu<\/a> as it was quite simple what I was getting but the menu is pretty good. Good choice of Savoury, good choice of sweet but not overwhelming. Prices are good to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Shawna & Dan both went with scrambles and they looked good, not to big and heavy looking like a lot of places I have been to. The pancakes looked good. They were average size, came with 2 strips of bacon, some butter and 2 eggs (not in the photo). Now the banana pancakes don’t come with the usual maple syrup, they come with a very dark brown “Pecan Praline syrup”. It looks good, and it wasn’t as sweet as I expected it to be. What sat in front of me was a good plate of food. Not to big and definately tasted pretty damn good. The last banana pancakes<\/a> I ate were really big and heavy, these were just the right size and had way more banana flavour. The bacon tasted good but imo needed to be a little bit more crispier. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Overall I think these had to be the best Pancakes I have had in Seattle, they definately got it right and I don’t think it is the kid of place that has a big following online, it felt more like a small neighborhood place that is out of the way and more “hole in the wall”. I did convince Dan & Shawna to hopefully join me at Maltby Cafe for my birthday, it won’t be a huge big thing but I have a craving for a cinnamon roll.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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After a good breakfast (and much discussion of if that really classified as a biscuit or not), Dan & Shawna took me on a little tour of west Seattle. A drive along Alki Beach (no parks on the side unfortunately) and part of me saying to myself “I must come down here another time with the bike and go for a ride” and then to a few lookouts that overlook Seattle so that I could get a few photos. Much fun! <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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